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. 2014 Jul 15;9:3377–3387. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S66368

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effects of various treatments on MMP-9 mRNA downregulation in rat dermal fibroblast cells.

Notes: A = untreated group; B = MMP-9 overexpression group; C = Lipofectamine 2000®/MMP-9-siRNA complex-transfected group; D = β-CD-(D3)7/MMP-9-siRNA complex-transfected group. Lipofectamine 2000 was purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). **Compared with untreated group P<0.01.

Abbreviations: β-CD-(D3)7, a cationic star-shaped polymer consisting of a β-cyclodextrin core and poly(amidoamine) dendron arms; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase-9; mRNA, messenger RNA; siRNA, small interfering RNA.